Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning updated in OP 12/2/26

He'll be dead inside 2.

There's a cruise ship docked somewhere with people getting sick and dying. It's hantavirus. That comes from mice and rats droppings and urine. Then there's a sub of that virus I think Andesvirus - that's human to human transmission.

The ship is currently docked but the virus is not contained because one of the people who was ill went to an airport and died there. I don't know if she was on a plane. If she was coughing and sneezing in the airport or on a plane before she died, that's a lot of people in an airport being exposed. Incubation of the virus can be up to 8 weeks apparently.

This virus is already travelling the world but nobody knows it yet. Then there is the world cup this summer too which will have many more people travelling during incubation periods.

It's not a pandemic and I hope it won't be but there's potential for this to get out of hand.

There wouldn't be any harm in governments and public health departments to plan a public health and hygiene campaign to mitigate that virus if it to get worse.

Trump has successfully purged his party of dissenters, allied himself with several of the richest people in America, sown deep divisions among the electorate, cultivated a base of rabidly loyal followers and neutered the press via a mixture of intimidation and sensory overload. As despotic takeovers go, it's been a fine day's work but it also means there is no angle from which a push to remove him from power can come.

Does it matter? Are they even on Trump's radar or pose any threat to his control of the party? If they did and it came to a confrontation, I dont think they'd have enjoy a positive outcome...

Its TACO tuesday project freedom the greatest op ever to open the previously open straits has been suspended iran had resumed attacking gulf states america been humiliated again

Their leadership is in China same leaders that trump says are disjointed

Worst thing would be for the orange paedo to die in office, his moron supporters all over the world will worship him forever more. Better he hangs on for another 10 years so everyone can clearly see( even the most dimwitted) how much of a mess he has made of the US and how far down he has taken them. As a bonus he'd have to watch his name taken down from every public institution as the trump name becomes a slur and as another bonus watch his family and friends in the admin be prosecuted for corruption. As a cherry on top he finally has to meet his Epstein victims in court and it becomes the Trump files rather than Epstein.

Didn't Putin go through a phase of posting photos of himself shirtless on horseback or wrestling a bear?

Your very succinct and accurate depiction of Trumps political history to date does beg the question, how da fck was he able to do all of that? Where was the critical media, the judicial checks and balances etc etc

Regardless of what most people think of Trump, history will likely view this feat as quite an achievement in itself. It’s also shown how brittle democracy really is- it’s a huge lesson and one hopefully not to be repeated- but I can’t help but think future presidents will capitalise on how much he’s pushed the boundaries of the presidential role.

But the challenge is then to do good with all of that power - that takes time which he doesn’t have. He’s renamed airports and institutions after himself and erected statutes- all of the things a good decent dictator would do- but it’s only giving the illusion of power. It will be interesting to see where the cracks will form- will it be resignation after resignation of his closest advisers and cabinet? Hopefully the rats will start packing their bags and booking their departure dates after the mid-terms.